Off my chest

A lovely uplifting and very positive message DoraMarr. My best wishes are accompanied by a bunch of Take care

Lovely message DoraMar which will help people starting to go through treatment. Glad you are at the end of yours. Take care

I'm happy for you Dora and it's lovely that you want to help others going through the same. It seems PMA does help

You have been quietly courageous about your Radiotherapy DoraMarr , never making a fuss, never complaining and I have more than once wanted to comment.
This is both reassuring and inspiring to those who may be facing such treatment or are afraid of it. We need more people like you!
I hope that you will be ringing (or have rung?) that bell and are now well on your way to a complete recovery!
(Still need to arrange that coffee at the MAC or the new Lewis’s in Moseley!) ??

How kind to make lots of positive suggestions from your experience to help others who might fund themselves in the same position. The pashmina idea is great!

Hope all your appointments now bring good news.

Thank you, Mawbroon. I’m lucky to have had lots of support from family and friends. I also realise that I am fortunate in that I am retired and have no responsibilities, so I have been able to rest when I have felt tired- my heart went out to those I saw at the clinic who were fitting their treatments in with work or looking after young children.
Yes, coffee would be nice!

It’s great that your course is over now Dora, you have taken it in your stride and I hope I can do the same. Mine starts on Monday 18th for 15 sessions. You have some good tips, they advised me to bring a dressing gown to put on while waiting but a pashmina sounds more elegant. It would be good for me to have a daily routine but unfortunately at my hospital they can’t give you the same time every day. They only have three machines and one is prone to breaking down so sometimes they have to juggle the appointments, they said it is sometimes necessary to attend as late as 5:30 pm. I will just take it as it comes. I will be training my DH to do the daily housework tasks next week. He is pretty good at washing up, cooking, bed making and tidying up but kitchen, bathroom and cloakroom cleaning training to my standard will be needed. I will tell him you say treats are necessary for morale!

Congratulations, DoraMarr, on completing your treatment and thank you for sharing what you have learned.
It takes a little bit of the fear of facing situations like this when someone who knows what it is like can share practical and effective examples of how to cope.
Take good care of yourself and enjoy your treats.
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What a brilliant and positive post ! Words have already been said by others but what a brave girl you are.

A relief to you that your treatment is complete, such a positive post and helpful for others in the same situation.

Dora so glad you are finished with the treatment.
Noticed on the Good Morning thread that on week days you had your hospital appointments and I wondered what was wrong.
Thanks for all the good advice and especially the pashmina idea. So much more elegant than a dressing gown!

Lovely post Dora and I'm sure your positive attitude helped your recovery. More treats now to celebrate the end of your treatment perhaps?

Every Good Wish and good Luck for the future Dora

You have done so well, wishing you everything good
for the future?

What a lovely, sharing post DoraMarr

Please add my very good wishes to everyone else’s for your future good health. ?

Congratulations on reaching the end of your treatment DoraMarr.
What a lovely, thoughtful post you have shared.
I wish you all the very best for the future.

What a wonderful uplifting post..if I were going for radiotherapy that would help put me at ease...lots of good advice!
Well done and best wishes to you?

Good luck Jane - hope the treatment goes smoothly. And the DH comes up to scratch.

I’d like to send my good wishes to anyone who is or has had to cope with breast cancer treatment. My daughter in law, only in her early forties, rang that bell a couple of weeks ago and her prognosis is good. Fingers crossed that her breast reconstruction will go smoothly.

How positive you sound, well done.

Thank youDora wonderful post so helpful for anyone going this treatment. Exactly why this forum is invaluable.

That’s wonderful news.

Congratulations Dora on getting through it all and thanks for your positive and useful info for those like Jane43 who are facing it. Good luck Jane from an earlier version - Jane10!

What a lovely post, dora.

Good luck jane when your treatment starts.